im in charge of the word game/puzzle activity for my class.
we are in middle school.
also, it has to be about 5 mins and then i give them the answer key.

my teacher said something like hangman or something, but that dosent sound really fun.
can someone please give me suggestions? thanks.

Memory game, this game requires that the student must remember previous word and add a new one. it starts with making groups of 4 students (ST#). Pick a student to start the game. How to play:

ST1 says, "A is for apple", ST2 says "A is for apple, and B is for butterfly", ST3 says, "A is for apple, B is for butterfly, and C is for cake", ST4 says, A is for apple, B is for butterfly, C is for cake , and D is for dinosaur, and back to Student 1 (ST1). ST1 continues with repeating all previous definition and then adding the letter E, and so on. If you cant remember what a letter stands for, your out until only 1 student remains.

More word game) Give the whole class a word like "GEOLOGIST", then give the class three minuets to make as many word as they can only using the letters in the word "GEOLOGIST". The winner is decided giving each word the found a point value of how many letters it took to make the word.

Ex: . Student 1 made the words: I = 1 point, GO = 2 points, TOO = 3 points for a total of 6 points
Student 2 made the words SOLO = 4 points, EGGS = 4 points for a total of 8 points
the winner is student 2, even though he/she has less words.
RULES: No personal names, "GIL"